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As it stands, Sacramento is virtually irrelevant to the outcome of the presidential race, since there is nearly a 100 percent chance that California as a whole -- and its 55 electoral college votes -- will go to Barack Obama.

Democrats slightly outnumber Republicans across the region, but about one in five local voters don't belong to any party.

This chart shows the percentage of the region's voters backing the Democratic and Republican candidates for president since 1960.